Better Business Coaching

There are many different types of coaching that can help you in business including business coaching, personal or life coaching, skills coaching, executive coachiing and performance coaching.

Performance coaching:
Coaching activities are aimed at enhancing an individual’s performance in their current role at work.  The specific issues covered by the coaching will vary, but the aim will always be to increase their effectiveness and productivity at work.

Executive coaching:
Organisations are now generally more willing to invest in coaching for their senior managers and executives.  By improving the performance of the most influential people within the organisation, the theory goes that business results should improve.  There is a far greater chance of an organisation achieving its goals if executive coaching is aligned as part of HR’s coaching strategy, though in practice this can sometimes be difficult because of the politics and power relationships involved.

Business coaching:
Business coaching is always conducted within the constraints placed on the individual or group by the organisational context. The term is used to refer to any coaching activity that takes place in a business setting, so by definition overlaps with other terms.

Skills coaching:
This form of coaching focuses on the core skills an employee needs to perform in their role.  Skills coaching provides a flexible, adaptive, ‘just-in-time’ approach to skills development.

Personal or Life coaching:
This form of coaching provides support to individuals wishing to make some form of significant changes happen within their lives.  It helps individuals to explore what they want in life and how they might achieve their aspirations fulfil their needs.

So how do you determine what type of coaching best meets the needs of your organisation?

Carole Davidson Coaching – inspiring business people to succeed.